A Resource Page on the Theophany of Christ in the Church Fathers, Saints and Teachers

Various Church Fathers

Prefigurations of Baptism in the Old Testament


St. Hippolytus of Rome

Discourse on the Holy Theophany (St. Hippolytus of Rome)


St. Gregory Thaumaturgos

Discourse on the Holy Theophany (St. Gregory Thaumaturgus)


St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Why the Holy Spirit Descended as a Dove Upon Christ

The Baptism of Water and the Baptism of Blood

John the Baptist, the Greatest Among Servants and Prophets But Not the Master and Lord


St. Gregory of Nyssa

A Homily for the Day of Lights (St. Gregory of Nyssa)


St. Gregory the Theologian

Oration on the Holy Lights (St. Gregory the Theologian)


St. Ephraim the Syrian

Ephraim the Syrian: 15 Hymns For the Feast of Epiphany


St. John Chrysostom

On the Holy Theophany (St. John Chrysostom)


St. Cyril of Alexandria

Homily on the Baptism of Christ (St. Cyril of Alexandria)

 

St. Leo the Great 

 

Four Homilies on Holy Epiphany by Leo the Great

 

 

St. Maximus of Turin

 

Six Epiphany Sermons by St. Maximus of Turin

St. Diadochos of Photiki

Grace and Sin Within Us Before and After Baptism (St. Diadochos of Photiki)


St. Romanos the Melodist

Kontakia on the Holy Theophany (St. Romanos the Melodist)


St. Sophronios of Jerusalem

The Theophany Prayer of St. Sophronios of Jerusalem 

 

St. John of Damascus 

 

The Eight Baptisms According to St. John of Damascus

 

 

St. Gregory Palamas

 

Homily on Baptism and Repentance for the Eve of Theophany (St. Gregory Palamas)   

 

 

St. Damaskinos the Studite

Why Did Jesus Choose to be Baptized in the Jordan River?

  

Archpriest Rodion Putyatin

 

Homily on the Day of the Theophany of the Lord (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

St. Theophan the Recluse

What Was Revealed on Theophany? (St. Theophan the Recluse)


St. Philaret the Confessor

Homily on the Theophany (St. Philaret the Confessor)   

 

St. John of Kronstadt 

 

Homily on the Baptism of the Lord (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

 

St. Chrysostomos of Smyrna

 

Homily on Holy Theophany (St. Chrysostomos of Smyrna)

 

St. Luke of Simferopol

 

Homily for the Sunday Before Theophany (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily One on the Theophany of the Lord (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Two on the Theophany of the Lord (St. Luke of Simferopol)

Homily Three on the Theophany of the Lord (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily on the Disposition of Saint John the Baptist (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily on the Sunday After Theophany (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily One for the Leavetaking of Theophany (St. Luke of Simferopol)

Homily Two for the Leavetaking of Theophany (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

 

St. Nikolai Velimirovich

On the Holy Theophany (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

St. John Maximovitch 

 

Homily One on the Feast of the Lord’s Theophany (St. John Maximovitch)

 

Homily Two on the Feast of the Lord’s Theophany (St. John Maximovitch)

 

Homily Three on the Feast of the Lord’s Theophany (St. John Maximovitch)

 

Homily on the Day of the Theophany Before the Blessing of the Waters (St. John Maximovitch)

 

On the Holy Water of Theophany  

 

Homily on the Trinity Consubstantial and Indivisible (St. John Maximovitch)

 

 

St. Justin Popovich

 

The Theophany of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ (St. Justin Popovich)

 

 

Elder Sophrony of Essex 

 

Elder Sophrony: "Every Divine Liturgy is a Theophany"

Alexandros Papadiamantis

Theophany (An Essay of Alexandros Papadiamantis)

"All-Bright Theophany": A Short Story by Alexandros Papadiamantis 

 

Photios Kontoglou 

 

Photios Kontoglou Speaks About Holy Theophany (video)

 

 

Archimandrite George Kapsanis

 

Homily for the Feast of Theophany (Archim. George Kapsanis)